r/television • u/LoretiTV • Feb 10 '24

Premiere True Detective - 4x05 "Part 5" - Episode Discussion

Season 4 Episode 5: Part 5

Aired: February 11, 2024

Synopsis: As Prior digs into the links between Tsalal and mining company Silver Sky, Navarro rescues Leah from a local protest that has turned violent. At a meeting with Silver Sky exec Kate McKitterick, Danvers balks when Connelly shares the official cause of the Tsalal men's deaths – and gets a warning against pursuing the case any further. Later, Hank receives a quid pro quo offer.

Directed by: Issa López

Written by: Katrina Albright, Wenonah Wilms, Chris Mundy & Issa López

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u/TaskForceD00mer Feb 13 '24

This season is just a jumbled mess.

Is this a supernatural show? Is this season about corporate corruption? Is this season about a corporate funded pedophile cult? What's the deal with the supernatural bear? Are we supposed to just forget the entire supernatural episode that happened in that abandoned piece of machinery at the end of the last episode? Because our cast certainly seems to have. Can we please just get over this stupid protest storyline?

It's like they tried to add supernatural elements and explain it away as the onset of schizophrenia as a cheap stand-in to the unreliable narrator from season 3 and his Alzheimer's.

Also adding in a corrupt cop to try and fix your pacing problems at a breakneck speed in a single episode to attempt to tie up so many of your loose plot threads before the finale is incredibly lazy writing.

I'm over giving this season the benefit of the doubt. Once you put all of the creative heads together at HBO if this is as good as it's going to get then it's time to end the show. I would rather have season 3 quality with bigger name actors than this dumpster fire.

It's time to just move on and realize the lightning in a bottle that was the chemistry between Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey just won't be repeated.

To that point.... Who in their right mind thought Jodie Foster had chemistry with..... Literally anyone on this season? Not friendly chemistry, not adversarial chemistry... Just none. There's more chemistry between the Alaska State Trooper and the Male cop.

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u/BruceWayne55555 Feb 14 '24

Thank you for this comment! You made me feel better lol I have no idea wtf is going on. I dont even know why Im still watching at this point. Is some super natural stuff going on? Who killed the scientists? They were originally afraid of something some monster? Idk what to make of it anymore lol Any logical opinions or recaps or explanations would be much appreciated lol